Democracy

The fund works as a sponsoring foundation. It fosters projects that serve the purposes of better understanding among peoples, the interests of survivors of the National Socialist regime, youth exchange, social justice, remembrance of the threat posed by totalitarian systems and despotism, and international cooperation in humanitarian endeavours.

The experience of the peaceful "Wende" in 1989 awakened in many people the hope that a Germany without a military could be possible. This hope led people from various civil initiatives in Halle together to found the Friedenskreis in 1990. The Friedenskreis Halle e.V. is an group of people of differing world views, religions, nationalities and political affiliations. We see peace not as a state of being or as a distant goal, and not simply as the absence of war. Peace is for us a means to a common, just and non-violent life together in diversity, where the personal development and liberty of the individual is made possible. The conception of this life together is always a new experience. This is why we try to explore, find and pass on new ways of doing so, while never forgetting to question the same. We are consequently involved in education, peace-associated activities and in projects for civil conflict resolution on both the domestic and international levels. Our work is made possible by paid and voluntary staff and carried through donations and public subsidies. Our current programme and projects

• Seminars and educational programmes in the areas of communication, conflict resolution, mediation, dealing with violence and learning how to speak out
• Consulting for initiatives and projects
• Lectures and seminars on current peace-associated themes
• Civil conflict resolution through the development of an educational and encounter centre in Jajce, Bosnia.
• Work camps, youth encounters and volunteer work in the countries of the Balkans.
• Counselling on military service and conscientious objection
• Cooperation in activities and campaigns against militarisation
• Coordination of the initiative "Zivilcourage: Bündnis für Gewaltlosigkeit, Demokratie und Toleranz in Halle"

We are a non-profit association recognised under German association law and registered as an organisation of migrants committed to development policy work in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region since 2015.

Our members are mainly Hispanic migrants who want to contribute to German society. We work in the field of development policy and contribute from the perspective of our professions and from that of our cultural origins. Among our members there are biologists, lawyers, economists, psychologists, counsellors among other professions.

We work within development policy in areas such as sustainability, development, integration and intercultural openness. Within these pillars, we develop various projects that are intended to lead to a more attentive attitude towards world problems. Depending on the project, we are supported by ministries, municipalities or private organisations.

Network Migration in Europe is an organisation which works in the field of education and culture, democracy and human rights education, migration and gobal developement and European integration.

The Green Political Foundation

training institute for teaching practice

Protestant Academy of Berlin